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Feb 022014
 

Your pedigree-view pages now show the offspring of male cats that you bred together with a female cat owned by someone else.

This will only work for offspring bred as of this date (January 30, 2014) as that information was not logged before.

Enjoy!
Your KittyCatS Team.

Nov 242013
 

Cattery:
* Name & Unpack Boxes
* Send Cats & Boxes to The Menagerie
* Transaction History shows when you ran out of food

Pedigree:
* Removed collar column as it was no longer compatible with the new wardrobe system which allows multiple collars.

Cattery & Pedigree:
*Hover over a cats age to see the detailed age, including hours & minutes (usefull if you wanted to know when they turn 121 days more exact!)

Enjoy!
Your KittyCatS Team

Aug 222013
 

We added some new functionality to the Pedigree! When you visit your Pedigree, you’ll notice a new notes feature – KittyNoteS! Now you can add and edit notes to your kitties directly in your Pedigree! You can add notes about anything! Create individual notes and save them one at a time or save them all at once! We’re really excited about this new feature and hope you all enjoy it as much as we do!


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FAST FACTS:

* Notes can be made for cats that you own or have bred.
* Each note can be opened/closed individually, or all at once with the controls on top. (hide all/show all)
* Opening individual notes will hide the traits, but the controls on top allow you to click “full view” to also show the traits. When both the traits and notes are shown, you can’t individually close them.
* Save buttons show up as soon as you make a change. A general save button will show up in the top controls too.
* If you try to leave the page before you save changes or try to close a note without saving changes, it will ask you if you want to save them.
* Owner notes are deleted when the cat changes owner. Notes made by the breeder of the cat stay forever. Breeder notes are only visible to the breeder of the cat, and will only show the last edits made (the note’s history is not saved.)
* Maximum note size is 300 characters
* Only you can read the notes you made.
* Existing notes cannot be replaced with a completely blank note. To change an existing note into a blank note, replace the note text with a single space.

Enjoy!
Your KittyCatS Team.

Aug 102013
 

As promised in our update – enjoy!! There are 2 color choices, dark and light wicker :)

Each comes with 4 removable “laundry” pieces you can use if you wish…

Enjoy!!

Your KittyCatS Team

FAST FACTS:

*Can all your KittyCatS use it? Almost! Megapusses can’t, all others can.
*Will my cat know it’s there and use it? YES!
*Comes with 4 unlinked cloth parts which you can take away or re-arrange to your likings!

IMPORTANT:
*The Wash & Play – Laundry Basket needs to be IN RANGE of the cats home, and the cat needs to be ALLOWED TO WALK to use it.
*Make sure to leave enough free space around the basket, so your cats can reach it.

Note that if your cat is wearing a hat or glasses, it will never come out with a towel on it’s head.

They will jump in the basket when they feel like, between any of their usual daily activities :)

Enjoy!

Your KittyCatS! Team

Aug 062013
 

FOR BEST RESULTS PLEASE READ THE WHOLE NOTE!!!

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KittyCatS! Update V 1.32
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Hello Wonderful KittyCatS Community!!!

WOW!!! What a year it’s been!

First of all a HUGE thank you to you all for being an amazingly creative, kind, giving and fun community. We could not IMAGINE a better community than you are!

This update is very special to us. It has so many features that build upon things we’ve added for the past 2 years. It includes things we have dreamt of making available for you to enjoy even before we launched. (Yes, we do have quite long lists.) The most exciting thing about this update is it allows even more interaction AND customization at your fingertips.

As with each update, we aim to improve your experience with your KittyCatS while tending to any little bugs or fleas they may have picked up along the way! Imagine that! :p

Enough blabbing huh? Let’s get to the fun stuff!

Are you ready? We are!

Your KittyCatS Team

NOTE: If this is your first time doing an update with KittyCatS! the process is very simple. Yes, you heard right, VERY simple. (At the bottom of this note are the simple steps on how to update) Also, you can watch our new simple tutorial online at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ZauiKZLEUQ

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* HIGHLIGHTS *

*** KittyCatS! proudly presents – The KittyCatS Closet! – Dress Up Time!
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We know that for the longest time you’ve wanted to dress your KittyCatS in glasses, collars, hats, OR other combinations that you could only imagine. Dream no more! The world of KittyCatS Couture & Feline Fashion has just grown to add more pizazz and style to those finicky little fashionable felines! You can now customize a wardrobe for your KittyCatS!

KittyCatS now come with a built in “closet” right inside their menu which can hold up to 9 wearable accessories!!! Ever wish you didn’t have to part with one item when you liked another? Well NOW you don’t have to! This awesome addition will allow you to customize your cat’s appearance even MORE! Now they can wear glasses AND hats at the same time, as well as other creative combinations.

And… yes… if they can’t decide what to wear.. they can wear ALL 9 items at one time! It may look odd.. however, are you gonna tell them that?

Note: each item worn will add a one prim. However, when attached to you it won’t add to your land’s prim count. Just “dress them up & take them out on the town.” “Take them out you say?” Yes, this new feature ties in wonderfully to another new feature where you can NOW take them out in other ways besides holding or cuddling… are you ready???

Important: Wearable items will now all be shown in the “clothing” part of the menu, which you will find after clicking the “prims” button. ONLY custom created clothing will be shown in “stats”.

*** KittyCatS! proudly presents – The CatWalk! – Take one, two or ALL your cats out with you for a walk!

Your cats can NOW walk beside you, in front of you, behind you, wherever YOU choose!!! Yes you heard right!!! Who cares about “walking the dog” when your cats are dying to walk YOU!

With this feature, you simply hit the “interact” button, then “walk” and you’re off! And yes, you can TP around with them too!
Also, if your cats fall asleep while you have them out with you, no worries as they will “sleep walk!” Now, they may not really enjoy this always, but they will let you know *grin*.

You can edit and place them exactly where YOU want. Also, if you run, guess what? Like it or not, they will run too!!!
When you are standing, they will do their normal cute KittyCatS things like wash, lay, roll, look around, and more!

IMPORTANT: please use the “DROP” option when removing your cat, as with our other “holds.”

We’re thrilled to add this feature! We hope you enjoy it! We sure do! So, what’s next you ask?

*** KittyCatS! proudly presents – Follow the Leader! – Free following feature. (non attached following)

Yes, another fun interactive feature we’re happy to showcase!!! This feature allows you to simply click your cat, then “animation” then turn on “follow”.

So, what will happen? Your cats will “follow” you in a free roaming way. They may run, walk, wait, just as cats like to do. AND, they will they will come to you and follow you around! :)

What we really love about this, besides being able to choose which cats you want to enable to “follow”, is that with another new feature we have added, your cats won’t be running to much into your couches, trees, or anything when the follow option is chosen because of…

*** KittyCatS! proudly presents – KittyCatS! PathFinding! – Our unique version of path finding!

Our path finding system allows for more fluid movement for your cats so they can navigate around things and move about freely. All you have to do is have the “walk” or “follow” option on in the animation menu! AND… no need to change anything to your setup! This feature works right out of the box! Due to complexity of this functionality they may still make some boo boos from time to time, but we went as far as we could at this point!

With our new path finding, your cats will roam within their set range at their will! This is NOT determined by any scripted objects but our own system that will bring the experience of them being “alive” even more real. Imagine that!

*** KittyCatS! proudly presents – MegaPuss Jumping!

Your MegaPusses can now JUMP! This feature brings riding to a whole new level of fun! You must try it… As always, simple to use by just tapping your page up key while walking or running! Imagine… races or riding about and being able to jump over things!! More fun than you can imagine! Everybody… JUMP!

*** KittyCatS! proudly presents – Jumping CatS! – Did we say JUMP again???

Yes we did! We’ve added a really cute jumping animation that your cats will do randomly while walking or running. So as your cats are scampering about, if you think you saw them jump, you were NOT imagining things! You did see that indeed!

*** KittyCatS! proudly presents – Wash & Play Laundry Basket – new interactive item!

Since the release of our scratching post, and ball fetching, we’ve wanted to have more things for your cats to interact with and now, we present this really fun interactive item! The Wash & Play basket is something all Kitties LOVE. Imagine, bringing in a freshly laundered basket of soft towels, blankets and more… what cat could resist jumping into that? Not ours!

Watch your KittyCat jump in, hide, play, and jump out! We loved making this for you and it comes with extra “laundry” so you can choose either a one prim basket OR keep the other pieces in place when as it comes when you rez it. Move the extras pieces around to customize it to fit your tastes, leave them as they are, or take them into your inventory to save on prim space… The choice is yours.

Again, we’re so excited about this and hope you love it. The Wash & Play Laundry Basket will be sold in the store as an optional item. :)

*** KittyCatS! proudly presents – Lay & Play! – new holding animation

We’re happy to have added another animation to the mix. The new lay animation is one you and your cat will love! Lay back and relax and just enjoy time with your KittyCat! Be warned, if you have more than one, they may get jealous.

This new animation works with cats from Teacups to Bigger De Bigs. For best results you may have to slightly adjust your arm length, if your hand are too close together or cat position as no 2 avies are the same. (arm length at 50 seems to work really well)

Also, like our other cuddles and petting, or riding, this will have the same boosting effect as milk when used for 30 minutes.

IMPORTANT: please use the “DROP” option when removing your cat, as with our other “holds.”

Special thanks to Veridian Frog of Mood Swings for working with us on the animation!

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ADDITIONS
* Happy, energy, age stats now show on PermaPet™ cats.
* Your cat will emit artistic heart particles when it says “I love you”

CHANGES
* Land impact of twin box images reduced from 4 to 3 prims.
* Land impact of petting feather reduced from 8 to 5 prims.
* Wearable items will now all be shown in the “clothing” part of the menu, which you will find after clicking the “prims” button. ONLY custom created clothing will be shown in “stats”.

* FIXES *
* Home position now grows with all sizes of cats.
* Scratching Post now works again with the “in parcel”range option.
* Boxes with different sizes now will rez cats at correct height.
* Box/image rez positions improved.
* Ball playing reverted to its previous iteration to make it work in smaller area’s too.
* Animation missing error message when tiny is a passenger fixed.
* Megapuss Riding: running no longer turns into walking when interrupted by lag.
* Hud pose menu fixed.
* Several workarounds for the SecondLife bug that reports missing scripts while they are actually there (They may still occur, but far less.)
* Pose Menu in the KittyCatS HUD now reports the correct animation which was set.

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HOW TO UPDATE
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In the coming 24 hours your cats will start to show an “UPDATE ME” tag.
As soon as they do, the UPDATE button will be available in your cats menu to obtain an updater.
As of that point, you have 2 weeks to update your cats.
Make sure you have at least 30 prims available when you run the updater.

EASY AS 1,2,3 updating steps:

1. Click the “UPDATE” button in the menu of your cat and it will give you an updater.
2. Rez the Updater
3. Click the “can of Update” and watch it as it updates all your cats and boxes! The updater will give KittyCatS HUD owners a new HUD as well.

No need to move cats, re rez them, group them, travel to sandboxes, pull your hair, or anything! It’s REALLY that easy. :) yay!
All settings for your cat will be kept, including the group. Only if you had a cat or box for sale, you will have to put them for sale again…

©2013 KittyCatS!. All rights reserved. All information contained in this notecard is © KittyCatS! and may not be used without permission.

Feb 052013
 

We’re excited to announce some new functionality that’s been added to the KittyCatS Pedigree!

*The KittyCatS Acount page ( https://kittycats.ws/account.php ) now has an option to allow the browsing of all previous generations (as far as you own them) of cats that have the new pedigree links enabled.

*The Pedigree will now not only show the current owner name, but also the breeder name.

*You will be able to browse not only the cats you currently own, but also the cat you have bred!

*This functionality is also available for those browsing your pedigrees through a new In World Pedigree Link…

*Additionaly the breeding date is shown for the offspring and is sortable!

Thank you for your continued feedback on the KittyCatS Pedigree! We hope you enjoy the new changes! :)

Feb 032013
 

Hello friends! It’s time for our Monthly “Mewsletter” again, wrapping up all of the news from the previous month!

UPDATES

January marked the arrival of our much-anticipated Update 1.29! We’re especially proud of this update since it featured some really amazing changes that we’ve had planned for a long time! Update 1.29 introduced 3 new sizes for our KittyCatS – Petite, Bigger de Big, and MegaPuss! And as a special feature, the MegaPuss kitty is a ridable cat! Yes that’s right! You can ride your kitties around, and even have a friend join you! Update 1.29 also brought about several changes to our Pedigree page, and saw the introduction of a new product, the Magic Menagerie Bottle!

NEW RELEASES

As mentioned, January saw the release of the Magic Menagerie Bottle! This new product allows for immediate retrieval of cats sent to the menagerie by accident or if you have second thoughts. The window for getting a cat back will be ONE WEEK from when it was sent. You can read more about the Magic Menagerie Bottle in our update notes here!

We also released another cat in our series of Patriotic Statues! You can pick up the Australia cat at our main store, along with the other Patriotic cats! :)

NEW DISCOVERIES

Lots of new discoveries in January! Congratulations goes out to Jolita Korobase for discovering the Fussy whisker shape, Inia Soulstar for discovering the Latte whisker color, Neckcadaver Resident for discovering the Fancie Dusky Diamond eye color, and Temptation Beaumont for discovering the “Main” Coon Plush Calico fur. Congratulations all!

KITTYCATS OF THE MONTH – January

Unfortunately no one got the KittyCatS of the Month for January, though many came really close! Remember if you breed a KittyCatS of the month, you not only win a jewel, but you also get your KittyCat of the Month turned into a big cat! The race to get the KittyCat of the Month for February is under way – will YOU be this month’s winner? :)

BLOG POSTS

The blogs we’re featuring below all took time to blog our KittyCatS in January, so we want to be sure to say “thank you” for featuring us in your write-ups! Did you blog about us and we missed it? Tell us! Send your link to Kitten Longmeadow in world and we’ll be sure to link back to you. :)

Bluebird Song – Kudzu Hampton Cottage
Beep, Beep, Beep – It’s Only Fashion
Kitty Piccadilly’s Fashion Circus – Like Deja Vogue All Over Again

Jan 262013
 

KittyCatS! Update V1.29

Hello KittyCatS! Community… new, old and everyone in between!

We are so excited to present this update to you all! We have some great new features we hope you will enjoy… one which we’ve wanted to do since very EARLY development!!!

With each update we aim to improve your experience with your KittyCatS! while tending to any little bugs or fleas which crept in since our last update

Containing a mixture of big and little things all tucked away in your “Handy Dandy Update Can” this update will be a fun one!

Are you ready to see what’s in store for you? Well let’s take a look now!

We hope you enjoy!

Your KittyCatS! Team

NOTE: If this is your first time doing an update with KittyCatS! the process is very simple. Yes, you heard right, VERY simple. (At the bottom of this note are the simple steps on how to update) Also, you can watch our simple tutorial online at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ZauiKZLEUQ

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HIGHLIGHTS

KittyCatS! proudly presents – “One size does NOT fit all”

We are so excited to introduce some new sizes for you. In addition to our adorable teacups and toys we have 3 more sizes!!! These are random like teacup and toys.
All of them will come in their own special sized boxes :)

PETITE: The Petite is the size of about a 5 day old kitten. The fun cuddly size, not quite as big as a normal cat but so lovable and cuddly!!! One of our favorite sizes!

BIGGER DE BIG: Well.. what can we say about this one… it’s a cat bigger than the biggest normal cat we have now. Hefty, Robust… these cats know they rule the roost already and their size will prove it! You can pet and cuddle them like normal sizes.

MEGAPUSS: It’s a plane or is it a train, no it’s MegaPuss!!! This is the biggest of the new sizes AND has a very special feature included. Due to it’s large size it can not be held, cuddled or petted when full grown but a new feature will enable you to still enjoy the benefits of petting and cuddling as a happiness/love boost! We think you will really enjoy this new size :) Oh yeah… about that new feature… well… you will have to keep reading to find out!

KittyCatS! proudly presents – “Ride Em Cowboy!”

We are thrilled to introduce RIDING!!! YES, you heard it right from the Cat’s Mouth!!! If you get a “MegaPuss” cat, you will be able to right click it and ride it!!! BUT that is NOT all!!! You can also have a friend ride on the back WITH YOU!!!

The riding feature is unique as it actually follows terrain. Meaning, unlike most rideables out there, your cat won’t just move up a mountain at a horizontal position but will actually move up and down the terrain following the angles of the terrain itself! This makes for very realistic riding experience! You can also RUN by just simply clicking the forward arrow 2 times when starting!

So ride alone, take strolls for enjoyment, race with your friends, let a passenger hop on back with you, whatever you want!!! And if you have some time left… Check out what your cat does while you are sitting on it but not riding!

Oh did we tell you… TINIES CAN RIDE TOO!!! So we wish you luck in getting the new MegaPuss size! Note: we will also be expanding this feature in the future to add more fun things… :)

Special thanks to Veridian Frog of MoodSwings who worked with us to create the fun animations and Cyzicus Xue for the tiny sit!

KittyCatS! proudly presents – “Family Tree”

This feature is an update to the pedigree system. For each cat you can enable a check mark on its pedigree page to make a pedigree link appear in the cats In World Info… A link gives access to a 30 minute pedigree session.

But… wait… there’s more! If the new link by the owner is enabled for one of the grandparents too for example, you can click the grandparent and enter that pedigree as well in just one handy session! Accessible pedigree cats are shown with a green tag.

This “in depth browsing” will add flexibility in sharing and will enable the owner to allow people to see into the pedigree and as far back as to even the starters!!! All cats need to be owned by the same person to accomplish that.

KittyCatS! proudly presents – “Magic Menagerie Bottle” – or… I WANT MY CAT BACK!

This new feature will allow for immediate retrieval of cats sent to the menagerie by accident or if you have second thoughts. The window for getting a cat back will be ONE WEEK from when it was sent.
We’ve created a special Magic Menagerie Bottle, which when used will bring back your cat from the Menagerie. We had to make sure to get the cat’s permission for this as they love it there so much.
The bottle is free and will be available at the KittyCatS store soon. When used it will deduct 50 K$ from your Kitty Dollars collected through the Menagerie.

But wait… what about cats sent there by mistake very long ago? We’ve thought about that too! We are working hard to restore all of that information. When completed, you will be able to get a very limited amount of ‘old’ menagerie cats during a short period of time. Details will be announced later… So stay tuned!

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ADDITIONS
*2 new poses. One new stand and one new sit!!! So cute… look in the new and improved poses menu!!!
*Pose selected now shows in a checked box.
*Detailed Pedigree view pages now also shows the offspring’s mom or dad counterpart and allows you to sort them accordingly!
*We’ve added “emotes” so Your Cats will not only talk but also share thoughts and actions with you!
*Cats which are partnered to a cat which is in the Menagerie or is a Perma-Pet™ can be unpartnered now with the break up bottles.
*More flexibility in the placement of hats… We will update you later on this with some new items!
*Cat lets you know when they somehow throw the ball off a skybox.

CHANGES
*Easier Partnering: Comparable to vitamins, the partnering dialog will now select the closest cat for you automatically where possible! The old method can still be accessed through the “Other Cat” button.
*Petting Feather will now directly attach to those petting cats owned by others.
*Stats in Info are now all on one line to reduce the height somewhat and to make space for the new pedigree links.
*Second Menagerie confirmation message now also shows the cats name.

FIXES
*Cats will now leave the Scratch & Play posts as a “whole”.
*Cats will now behave normal when a Scratch & Play post is outside their range.
*Shades on box images will now show correctly.
*Playing fetch should work again under all conditions. The ball may however no longer always be deleted from your inventory as we had to provide a workaround for an SL bug here.
*Feathers and balls will now also work at places with a lot of temporary prims.
*Cats which are over 120 days old will stay single when a partner attempt is made.

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HOW TO UPDATE
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In the coming 24 hours your cats will start to show an “UPDATE ME” tag.
As soon as they do, the UPDATE button will be available in your cats menu to obtain an updater.
As of that point, you have 3 weeks to update your cats.
Make sure you have at least 30 prims available when you run the updater.

For Perma-Pets we will make an updater available in the store coming week.

EASY AS 1,2,3 updating steps:

1. Click the “UPDATE” button in the menu of your cat and it will give you an updater.
2. Rez the Updater
3. Click the “can of Update” and watch it as it updates all your cats and boxes! The updater will give KittyCatS HUD owners a new HUD as well.

No need to move cats, re rez them, group them, travel to sandboxes, pull your hair, or anything! It’s REALLY that easy. :) yay!
All settings for your cat will be kept, including the group. Only if you had a cat or box for sale, you will have to put them for sale again…

©2013 KittyCatS!. All rights reserved. All information contained in this notecard is © KittyCatS! and may not be used without permission.

Sep 022012
 

Hello friends! It’s time for our Monthly “Mewsletter” again, wrapping up all of the news from the previous month!

NEW RELEASES

We had wrapped up the month of July with a special treat for KittyCatS customers. To hep celebrate teamwork and the spirit of sportsmanship, your KittyCatS had a chance to birth a special collectible “Team KittyCat” from July 29 through August 1st. These special KittyCatS came in 3 different styles and were limited to one per avatar. To help celebrate the birth of these special cats, we released some “Team KittyCat Flags” as complimentary gifts at the beginning of August. :)

We also released our Summer Straw Hats for our KittyCatS, cool Panama style hats that are perfect for helping your cats to beat the summer heat.

Next we released our Baroque Babies collectible KittyCatS to help celebrate Collabor88’s 1st birthday! The Baroque Babies were available at Collabor88 through September 7 and were randomly given. They did not pass their costume traits, but they could hide a few special surprises for breeders to discover! :)

And as a bit of fun, we released a neat Jigsaw Puzzle featuring some of our KittyCatS from around our main store. :)

UPDATE

We closed out the month of August with an update to our Online Cattery! Now there are 17 ways to sort your cattery, making it easier for you to organize your cats online!

COMMUNITY EVENTS

Each month the KittyCatS main sim is host to both a fishing contest and a KittyCatS trivia contest. This months winners were:

Fishing

Aisling MacMoragh
Reece Wirefly
Mercy Stark

Trivia

Liriel Garnet
Nynaveve Wirefly
Mercy Stark

Congratulations to the winners! :)

KITTYCATS OF THE MONTH – August

There was no winner for our August KittyCatS of the Month, though several people did come close! Remember that if you breed a KittyCatS of the Month, you can win a Diamond, Ruby or Emerald to go toward your FancieCat Jewel Collection! Check out our current KittyCatS of the Month here!

NEW DISCOVERIES

We had lots of new trait discoveries in August! Congratulations were in order for Clovis Luik for discovering the Bronze eye color, Deerylou Resident for discovering the Foxie Auburn fur, Devilness Chant for discovering the Bengal Tawny fur, and Kendrah Vantelli for discovering the Odyssey Burst eyes. Congratulations to all! :)

KITTYCATS IN THE NEWS

Our lovely cats were on the cover of The Breedable Connection magazine for their newest issue! You can read their interview with Callie here!

BLOGGER ROUND-UP

Below are some of the blog posts we found around the web during the month of July that featured KittyCatS. Do tou have a blog that features your KittyCatS! Send your link to either Kitten Longmeadow or StrayCat Southpaw. :)

Kayleigh’s KittyCatS – featuring ADORABLE pictures of some of Kayleigh’s kitties

KittyCattin’ – lots of secondary market info and reviews

Breedables, Inc. – reviews our Team KittyCatS!

Breedables, Inc. – reviews our Baroque Babies Collabor88 cats

And for our Japanese customers!

.:: KMH ::.– review of our Team KittyCatS!

.:: KMH ::. – review of our Baroque Babies from Collabor88